Dr. Maria New is Professor of Pediatrics at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City, NY. She was Chairman of Pediatrics at Weill Medical College of Cornell University from 1980 to 2002 and Founding Director of their Children’s Clinical Research Center. She served as Chief of Pediatric Endocrinology from 1964 to 2002. she is now Professor of Pediatrics, Professor of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, and Director of the Adrenal Steroid Disorders Program at Mount Sinai School of Medicine.

Dr. New received her B.A. from Cornell University and her M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, where she was awarded the Distinguished Graduate Award. She has trained over 100 fellows, many of whom have become Chiefs of Pediatric Endocrinology in other centers nationally and internationally.

Dr. New’s honors include:

• Member, National Academy of Sciences (1996)
• Hall of Honor, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (2003)
• Fred Conrad Koch Award, the highest honor of The Endocrine Society (2003)
• General Clinical Research Centers Award for Excellence in Clinical Research (1999)
• MERIT Award, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (1998)
• President, The Endocrine Society (1992)
• President, The Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society (1985)
• Editor-in-Chief, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism (1994-1999)
• Dale Medal of the British Endocrine Society (1995)
• Rhone-Poulenc Rorer Clinical Investigator Award (1995)
• Member, American Academy of Arts & Sciences (1992)
• Honorary Member, Society for Endocrinology (2005)
• The Allan Munck Prize and Distinguished Lectureship, Dartmouth Medical School (2006)
• The Van Wyk Prize (2010)
• Appointed to the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) Committee (2010)
• The Ceppelini Prize, the highest prize in endocrinology in Italy (2010)
• Current reviewer for NIH grants (2010)